Review of Angel's Egg

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Angel's Egg (1985)
Directed by Mamoru Oshii
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What Does The Score "1.0" Mean? Bad: Not saved by scattered sections of higher quality or inventiveness.

This movie has cool skeletons in it, but its plot is unfortunately also a skeleton. There's little substance and no meaning to what's going on. The characters don't have names. The fishermen and the shadow fish are never explained. Having a character misquote the section of the Bible concerning Noah's Ark and the Flood does not magically lend your movie any meaning whatsoever, even if your movie's setting seems to be a world that has been flooded. (Also, take a drink for "Japanese media that attempts to use Christian themes without understanding them.") All in all, though this movie is pretty, it's not inventive and not worth your time.